Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows

[RMF]

I've Got A Secret: If the panel can't figure them out, no one but the contestants will ever know.....

[WilliamPorygon]

Wheel of Fortune: The wheel has to go all the way around or it doesn't count and you don't get to spin again.

[Brian44]

The prices of all the prizes in 10 Chances end in 69. 

[Mr. Matté]

In Russian Roulette, hole drops into you.

[aaron sica]

Whew!: The blooper is the only thing showing, you must fill in the blank words around it.

[Joe Mello]

Bill Cullen throws potatoes at contestants

[steveleb]

Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

[BrandonFG]

Bill Cullen throws potatoes at contestants

that wuld b funi

[SamJ93]

Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

[Clay Zambo]

I was trying to come up with one for "Three on a Match," but I think it already has all the rules there are.

[mystery7]

Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

And right on-topic for 1974 considering what happened at the Oscars that year.

[MikeK]

The Turkish Price is Right 30 years ago:  For Plinko, you need to determine if the first, the second. the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, or the ninth digit is correct.

[Otm Shank]

Password: You have to hack Jimmy Fallon's phone.

Pyramid: All the answers are from the National Spelling Bee word list. In the winner's circle, all the answers are grammatical or etymological ("Words of Latin origin", "What a transitive verb might say").

[gamed121683]

Winning Streak.  Every time you give an answer not found in Webster's Third you lose an article of clothing.  Last one with anything beyond underpants is declared the winner.

Honestly, that would be less convoluted than the show's actual rules were.

And right on-topic for 1974 considering what happened at the Oscars that year.

Trendy on-topic for 1974 period (ask Ray Stevens).

[TimK2003]

Scrabble (using the original "spell out the answer" rules):

Pharmaceutical Product/Chemical Names Week.